Looms

Abstract

In a loom comprising a shedding harness with heald frames for forming two superposed sheds in incoming warp, weft inserters for traversing weft through said sheds, a reed for heating up the weft whereby to form upper and lower fabric, and a breast beam having upper and lower edges over which said upper and lower fabrics are taken off, respectively, there is provided a rectilinear elongate transverse member which may be a rigid rod or a tight thread and is supported through its two ends, for example by fixture thereof to two supports integral with the loom frame, across the space included, on the one hand between the two sheds and, on the other hand between the leading heald frame of the shedding harness and the location of the reed in the back position.

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